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peg him he, Gerrison, hed no “eomnestions in ovinger; thet Gerrison doubt” ms lees gave him the above business out of friendship. Mr. Truitt state@ i = that he hed no idea as to Garrison's present whereabouts; further, | that Garrison bore an excellent reputation while in Novinger end was oR well thought of, a Pe eo After the above atatenent, Mr, Truitt was shown photographs” of subjects Bailey, Brady, Underhill, Clerk, Devise and Floyd and stated that at no time hes he ever done business with the above men} furthers - that he he is not acquainted with any of the above men except mbject ;. Bailey whom he knows by reputetion only and that he cannot remember i ever having seen this man. ae: ~ ~ It is pointed out that before contacting Mr. Truitt, Capt. . Means and the undersigned ascertained from Trooper ©. Marries Parker, {% a Highway Patrol, stationed at Kirksville, Mo., thet Mr. Truitt bears a & 2 ©. good reputation for truth and honesty; further, thet he, Parker, was f ES satisfied that Truitt is not friendly to the eriminsl elemext which * ‘S . infest Sullivan County and the vicinity around Novinger, . -. | ne . Following the above interview with Mr. Truitt, the Unters igne§ ; and Capt. Means left Novinger for Linneus, Mo. In order to get to & FY Linneus from Novinger it is necessary to drive scroes Sullivan Coumy,: | which is located in the territory cowred by the Kansas City Bureau Office, While enroute to Linneus a stop was made at Green Cit where Capt. Means and the undersigned contacted that Capt. Means aaked if he was acquainted with Milton Gerrison, who formerly taught school at ‘Novinger; that replied thet he was; that Garrison married @ girl by the name of Lelia Pomy of Green City about two or three years 860; that the last time he saw Gerrison was on Decoration Day this year; that. on the above occasion Gerrison umpired a ball game at Green City; forther, that Garrison told him that he planned on spending the present summer in | the vicinity of Los angeles, Calif. where he hoped to teke a course at be the University of Southern Californie. He further stated that Garrison } _ also told him on the above occasion that he was located over near Kansas ‘a " City, Mo., however, he was unable to recall the name of the tom, When + +. the undersigned suggested the name of dima, uc. atated . . } that he thought that was the town, =. ~—&b75 ut stated that Garrison was ertving a Chevrolet Cosel be however, he was unable to advise the rodels 7